Alex Awards

Alex Awards

The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults. They were first given annually beginning in 1998 and became an official ALA award in 2002.

The award is sponsored by the Margaret A. Edwards Trust. Edwards pioneered young adult library services and worked for many years at the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore. The Alex Awards are named after Edwards, who was called “Alex” by her friends.

In Zanesville, by Jo Ann Beard, published by Little, Brown & Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. (9780316084475)

The Lover’s Dictionary, by David Levithan, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (9780374193683)

The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens, by Brooke Hauser, published by Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. (9781439163283)

The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern, published by Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc. (9780385534635)

Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline, published by Crown Publishers, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc. (9780307887436)

Robopocalypse: A Novel, by Daniel H. Wilson, published by Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc. (9780385533850)

Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward, published by BloomsburyUSA (9781608195220)

The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt: A Novel in Pictures, by Caroline Preston, published by Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers (9780061966903)

The Talk-Funny Girl, by Roland Merullo, published by Crown Publishers, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc. (9780307452924)

2011 Winners

The Boy Who Couldn’t Sleep and Never Had To, by DC Pierson, published by Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc.,New York (9780307474612)

Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard, by Liz Murray, published by Hyperion (9780786868919)

Girl in Translation, by Jean Kwok, published by Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. (9781594487569)

The House of Tomorrow, by Peter Bognanni, published by Amy Einhorn Books, an imprint of G.P. Putnam’s Sons, a division of the Penguin Group (9780399156090)

The Lock Artist, by Steve Hamilton, published by Thomas Dunne Books for Minotaur Books, an imprint of St. Martin’s Press (9780312380427)

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake: A Novel, by Aimee Bender, published by Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc.,New York (9780385501125)

The Radleys, by Matt Haig, published by Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. (9781439194010)

The Reapers Are the Angels: A Novel, by Alden Bell, published by Holt Paperbacks, a division of Henry Holt and Company, LLC (0805092439)

Room: A Novel, by Emma Donoghue, published by Little, Brown and Company a division of Hatchette Book Group, Inc. (9780316098335)

The Vanishing of Katharina Linden: A Novel, by Helen Grant, published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, division of Random House, Inc., New York (9780385344173)

2010 Winners

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope, by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer, published by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers (9780061730320)

The Bride’s Farewell, by Meg Rosoff, published by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (9780670020997)

Everything Matters!, by Ron Currie, Jr., published by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (9780670020928)

The Good Soldiers, by David Finkel, published by Sarah Crichton Books, an imprint of Farrar, Straus and Giroux (9780374165734)

The Kids Are All Right: A Memoir, by Diana Welch and Liz Welch with Amanda Welch and Dan Welch, published by Harmony Books, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House (9780307396044)

The Magicians, by Lev Grossman, published by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (9780670020553)